Label-holder.



L. HALL. LABEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l2. 1916.

NvENTole Mmmm w" LINCOLN HALL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LABEL-HOLDER. fr

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1'?, 1917.

' Application led June 12, 1916. Serial No. 163,267.

To all whom t may concern.' Be it known that l, LINCOLN HALL, a citizenof the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of LosAngeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Label-Holders, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to a file and particularly pertains to a filingdevice for labels and cards.

lt is a matter of considerable convenience, especially to druggists,that they have gummed labels and small cards filed within simple,inexpensive label liles which hold the labels in a position to preventthem from becoming damaged and at the 1 same time presenting them toview so that they may be readily selected. It is an object of thisdevice to devise a label file particularly adapted for this use.

Another object of this invention is to provide a file base of simpledesign which will y adequately receive and support the labels.

y Another object of this invention is to provide resilient meanscooperating with a rear pressure member to hold the labels in anlupright position upon the iile frame.

Another object is to provide means whereby the assembled file may bereadily positioned upon a suitable shelf and there held in a resilientmanner. l

Another object is to provide means where by the labels within the ilemay be engaged along their tops and held from being removed, except oneat a time.

Another object is to provide means for preventing the supporting blockfrom turning over within the file.

Another object is to provide label retaining side lugs which limit theside movement of the labels and further secure them within the file.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which isextremely 'simple inthe construction of its various parts and in themanner of their connection to each other, thus providing a device bothpositive in its action and inexpensive in its manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the le as being providedwith a pack of labels and further showing it as mounted 'upon itssupporting shelf.

"F 2 isa perspective view of the file Fig. 3 4is a plan view of the filebase and illustrates the configuration of the sheet metal blank Vfromwhich the member is bent and further illustrates in dotted lines thebending line.

Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the base member and particularlyshows the disposition of the complementary uprights. Fig. 5 is a view invertical section as seen on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2 and shows the mannerin which the labels or cards are vertically maintained and furtherillustrates the locating grooves for the resilient binding member.

Referring to the drawings more particularly, l0 indicates a speciallyconstructed shelf adapted to receive a label file 11. The shelf isformed with a horizontally disposed bottom or shelf member 12 and isbounded around its four sides with upturned inclosing sides 13, 14, 15and 16. The front side 16 is formed with a pair of slots 17 and 18disposed adjacent the corners of the shelf which receives the ends ofengaging` inem- .bers 19 and 20. The engaging members 19 and 20, asparticularly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, are formed integralwith a lile base 21 preferably of sheet metal and is provided withupright portions 22 and 23 between which a space occurs of sulficientwidth to allow the inscription upon a label 2l to be observedtherebetween. The vertical members 22 and 23 are formed with horns 25and 26 which are suitably shaped to allow a resilient band 27 to behooked thereover and hold a movable back member 28 against the pack oflabels. The horn portions 25 and 26 are provided with continuations 25and 26 which, when the front portion is bent up, will be bent to extendparallel to each other and along the ends of the labels within the file.

The back member 28, as shown in the drawings, is preferably formed of asingle piece of wood of a height slightly less and of a widthsubstantially the same as the label. The rear face of the back member isrounded at its edges to more readily allow the band 27 to seat withinlocating Grooves 29 and 30 which extend across the 'Each ont i themember and around its edges.

y tical members 22 .and 23.

The upper front corner ofthe back member is formed with a groove -31adapted to allow access to the last label in the pack and provide forits withdrawal without mutilation. Asy a means for insuring that thelabels are held securely in place within the file, I have provided apair of horizontally disposed swinging arms 34 and 35 which arepivotally s mounted upon vertical posts 36 and 37 and adapted yto movevertically therealong. The arms 34 and 35 extend forwardly and bear uponIthe upper edge of the pack of labels, their: forward lends terminatinga distance short of the full width of the pack so that the yforemostlabel may be readily withdrawn and at the saine time the remaininglabels will be held against movement.

Inorder to detachably hold the ile Yupon its shelf, I have provided thebase portion 21 withfa vertically vextendingftfmg 32 formed asxacontinuation of its rear `marginal edge andwatnapproximately the centerthereof. This tang is adapted to be engaged by an expansion'spring33which bears against vthe rear wall-13fof-the shelf and tends to hold thelmembers .19 .and 20 lwithin ltheir slots along the edge ofithe shelfandthrough the vertical wall 16.

In.the operationofzthis device, when the base member 21 hasV been' istamped and .the uprights22` and 23 havebeen bent upwardly at rightangles to the base :portion alongthe lines -aandl -b-, the member isready to rbe'loaded with labels. This is done `by placinga pack of`labels upon thebase portion21- and 'with their faces against the ver-The back 28 is then placed against the pack of labels and the rubber-iband 27 secured over the horns 25'1and 26.y ThisV acts to hold theback againstfthedabels zand secure them in vertical upon shelves intheir ycatalogued position, it v is convenient to provide a shelf asdisclosed in iFig. 1 ofthe drawings. When the ile is filled it-.may be.placed upon the shelf by slipping the vtang members 19 and 20 throughthe slots 17` and 18y and further held by means of the spring 33 which.bears againstthe vertically disposedtang 32.

It will thus be seen that the ling device here shown is extremely simplein its construction andoperation and =that it Imay be readilymanipulated to withdraw one or more labels as desired withoutinterfering with ithey vertical Vposition of `the remaining labels.

I claim:

A label le comprising.,abaseplate, a pair of vertically disposed tangsformed integral with and along one marginahedge of said baselplate,amovableback member adapted torest upon said plate, resilientnneans .forsecuring said back member upon the base plate and in yieldable relationtothe vertical tangs, means for ydetachably securing said resilient`member to the ,tangs `.whereby .a pack oflabels may be disposed betweenthe tangs Aand the, back member, and :means whereby said base plateJnaybe detachably secured upon a shelf.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this. specification.`

LINCOLN HALL.

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